ὄργανον: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">implement, tool, instrument, sense organ, organ</b> (Hp., Ctes., Att., Arist.).<br />Compounds: Few compp. as <b class="b3">ὀργανο-ποιός</b> m. <b class="b2">instrument maker</b> (D. S.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ὀργάν-ιον</b> dimin. (AP, M. Ant.), <b class="b3">-ικός</b> [[instrumental]], [[operative]], [[practical]] (Arist.), <b class="b3">-ίτης</b> m. [[engineer]] (pap. IVp; Redard 36), <b class="b3">-ιστής</b> m. <b class="b2">waterworks engineer</b> (pap. IIp), unattested <b class="b3">*ὀργανίζω</b>, but <b class="b3">δι-</b>, <b class="b3">κατ-οργανίζω</b> (AP, Alchem.); <b class="b3">ὀργανάριος</b> = [[fistularius]] (Gloss.); <b class="b3">-όομαι</b>, also w. <b class="b3">δι-</b>, <b class="b2">organised, to be provided with organs</b> (S. E., Iamb.) with (<b class="b3">δι-)-ωσις</b> f. [[organisation]] (Iamb.). -- Besides <b class="b3">Όργάνη</b> f. surn. of Athena (Thasos Va, Athens; v. Wilamowitz Glaube 2, 164), cf. <b class="b3">Ἐργάνη</b>; as adj. <b class="b3">ὀργάνα</b> [[operative]], [[formative]] (<b class="b3">χείρ</b>; E. Andr. 1014, not quite certain).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1168] <b class="b2">*u̯erǵ-</b> [[work]]<br />Etymology: Formation like <b class="b3">ξόανον</b> (: <b class="b3">ξέω</b>, <b class="b3">-ξοος</b>), <b class="b3">ὄχανον</b> (: <b class="b3">ἔχω</b>, <b class="b3">ὄχος</b>, <b class="b3">-οχος</b>), <b class="b3">πλόκανον</b> (: <b class="b3">πλέκω</b>, <b class="b3">πλόκος</b>), <b class="b3">ὁρκάνη</b> (: <b class="b3">ὅρκος</b>, <b class="b3">ἕρκος</b>) a.o. (Chantraine Form. 198, Schwyzer 489 f.); similarly <b class="b3">ὄργανον</b> beside <b class="b3">-οργός</b>, <b class="b3">ὄργια</b>, <b class="b3">ἔοργα</b> (<b class="b3">ἔρξαι</b>, <b class="b3">ἔρδω</b>), <b class="b3">ἔργον</b>; whether directly from verb or through <b class="b3">-οργός</b>, <b class="b3">ἔργον</b>, is unclear. Cf. [[ἔργον]] u. [[ἔρδω]].

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